Division G: Retail Trade, includes all units mainly engaged in the resale of new or used goods to final consumers for personal or household consumption or in selected repair activities such as repair of household equipment or motor vehicles. Businesses engaged in retail trade include department stores or other shops, motor vehicle retailers and service outlets, stalls, mail order houses, hawkers, door-to-door sellers, milk vendors, vending machine operators and consumer cooperatives. Units mainly selling goods on a commission basis to final consumers for personal or household consumption are included. However, cafes, restaurants, hotels and motels are included in Division H Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants.

Units mainly engaged in reselling their own goods by auction are included in this Division, but units which are mainly engaged in providing auctioning services for others are included in Division L Property and Business Services.